Sixth Sense

Menachem Lubinsky is the founder and co-producer of Kosherfest, the annual trade event for the kosher food & beverage industry and is the editor-in-chief of KosherToday. The views expressed in this column do not represent the opinions of KosherToday's publishers and are those of the author alone. My Sixth Sense is now released on alternating weeks with Eye On Kosher, which can be found at www.lubicom.com.

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Preserving the Integrity of Kashrus

2/12/2012
The initial accusations that a large Long Island catering company was using the same kitchen for kosher and non-kosher foods seemed ominous and quite disturbing. But then as the story took on more traction even making it onto the major news channels, you learned that the accusations came from ...

The Great Kosher Debate is Just That...A Debate

1/29/2012
Should kosher consumers be forewarned that milk products with a higher level of kosher supervision is preferable to products with a “regular kosher symbol?” Could it be that Haagen Dasz ice cream is not so kosher because it uses liquid milk in Israel rather than powdered milk, as the Chief Rabbinate in Israel claims? Discourses in Jewish law are nothing new ...

The American Market is Wide Open for Israeli Foods

1/16/2012
Elsewhere in this issue is a story about the growing demand for Israeli food products, not just by Israelis but by many other kosher consumers. Israel in 2012 continues to produce quality food items in quite impressive packaging. There are, of course, the bellwethers ...

Dont' Throw out the Old

1/3/2012
It seems that every article on kosher of late cites the large number of exotic products that are kosher. This is the definitive proof that kosher has made it. The coverage on Kosherfest was no exception as most stories focused on the new products and the items “you’d never believe are now kosher.”
But as any self-proclaimed expert on kosher will tell you

The Significance of a Kosher White House Party

12/19/2011
There was much ado in the media about the “koshering” of the White House kitchen for the annual Chanukah party which this year was almost two weeks early. Kashering nowadays is common at major hotels and other prime venues.

Second Look at Linkages to Charities and Social Causes

12/5/2011
A leading Jewish community advocate asked me why more kosher food companies do not link their promotions and marketing with a given cause or charity. A look back over the last 5-10 years shows that here and there such efforts were made but they were far and in between.

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